Tag: story

• P IS FOR PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC

  A STORY OF PERESTROIKA IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA (now the CZECH REPUBLIC) ‘My old friend,’ he greeted Phillips with an enthusiastic hug as he had always done. Phillips returned the gesture before resuming his seat. Přemysl took the seat opposite him. They sat facing out from the small coffee shack, looking at the pond and the green park…

  Iain Kelly

  18/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• O IS FOR OGRE, LATVIA

  A STORY OF OBLIGATION IN OGRE, LATVIA Kūrmāja, the house, at 32 Brīvības Street in Ogre was the social hub of the small town. Here the local newspaper had its offices, next to the café on the lower floor. Above the rooms comprised a boarding house. In the evenings the high circles of society gathered…

  Iain Kelly

  17/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Social Media

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• N IS FOR NESSEBAR, BULGARIA

  A STORY OF SEARCHING FOR NIRVANA IN NESSEBAR, BULGARIA The Pearl of the Black Sea. Here was somewhere where she could forget about all the troubles in the world, and all the troubles in her world too. This was about as far east as she could go in the European Union. Across the Black Sea,…

  Iain Kelly

  16/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• M IS FOR METLIKA on the SLOVENIAN-CROATIAN BORDER

  A STORY OF MENDING THE PAST IN METLIKA, on the SLOVENIA-CROATIA BORDER ‘It’s difficult for you to understand, child.’ Mia looked up at her grandfather, his rheumy eyes were moist with restrained tears. He managed a sad smile, ‘It’s difficult for me to understand. My whole life I belonged to one great country.’ His voice…

  Iain Kelly

  14/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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• L IS FOR LISBON, PORTUGAL

  A STORY OF LONGING FOR LISBON Francisco watched with horror as the landing boats moved away from shore without them. Now they were stranded. This was how it was to end for the Great Dom Francisco? After all that he had been through in the name of Portugal, he was to be struck down by…

  Iain Kelly

  13/04/2018

  A TO Z CHALLENGE, creative writing, Fiction, Short Story

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